Sent this to Bourdain's blog on Food TV: Maybe that's why Bittman will appear on Public TV. Two points: (1) Over-exposure will ruin most people, except such geniuses as Julia who grows on you; (2) TV gets more homogenized each day, more dumbed down, and the Food Channel is no exception. Please remember this channel started out with Robin Leach, so people like Mario are the exception rather than the rule. Who knows? Maybe the pendulum will swing the other way and we'll see some real stuff again.